To mark the Iranian new year, President Barack Obama on Friday paid respects to Robert Levinson of Coral Springs, a former FBI agent who went missing in Iran eight years ago while reportedly working as a spy for the CIA.

In the midst of an unexpected break in Iranian nuclear talks, President Barack Obama is calling for the return of Americans held in Iran.
In a message commemorating the Persian New Year, Obama says it's a time for families to be reunited.
He says Iran...

The sister of a former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Iran said Tuesday that her brother renounces his dual Iranian citizenship and vows to never return to Iran if he's allowed to leave after 3½ years behind bars.
Sarah Hekmati's brother, Amir Hekmati, 31,...

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A court in Iran has sentenced to death an Iranian American who was convicted of spying for the CIA, Iranian media reported on Monday. Amir Mirzaei Hekmati was accused of “cooperation with an enemy government, membership in the CIA and attempts to...